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Manager, Material Flow Engineering (Hawthorne)

SpaceX· Materials Management - Hawthorne Starship
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Hawthorne, CA$125k - $175kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Lead the design and execution of material flow strategies to ensure seamless material availability from supplier to rocket, targeting industry-leading inventory performance through innovative lineside inventory design, material routing, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Leadership: Manage a multi-level team spanning engineers, supervisors, technicians, and specialists supporting ~24/7 operations; assess performance, provide feedback, resolve conflicts, and maintain accountability.
  • Project Collaboration: Partner with Build Engineering, Operations Engineering, Production Leadership, and Supply Chain on critical projects; align cross-functional teams and facilitate stakeholder buy-in.
  • Role Model / Mentorship: Lead by example, solicit and act on feedback, develop workforce, motivate teams to exceed standards.
  • Factory and Warehouse Layout Planning: Develop and implement layouts for material flow and storage to achieve targeted inventory levels; maximize part density and build space capacity models.
  • Process Design, Improvement, and Optimization: Design and implement efficient material flow from receipt to lineside; use value stream mapping and AI/data tools (Grok, Claude, Excel, PowerBI, SQL, Grafana) to measure and improve performance; drive scalable improvements.
  • Inventory Management: Oversee receipt, acceptance, routing, and replenishment of parts; maintain high inventory accuracy via cycle counting and process controls.
  • Safety and Training: Conduct risk assessments, ensure compliance with safety standards, conduct audits, and train for new processes/equipment.
  • Quality: Ensure storage practices meet AS9100 and customer flow-down requirements.
  • Documentation and Training: Create SOPs and lead training for new processes and equipment.
  • Adaptability: Adapt business approaches to evolving organizational needs.

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree and 3+ years of manufacturing/industrial experience in Material Flow Engineering, Operations Engineering, Material or Production Planning, Distribution/Fulfillment/Logistics, Supply Chain Management/Operations, or Master Production Scheduling; OR
  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of manufacturing/industrial experience in the same areas.

Skills

Required:Leadership and people managementProject collaborationData analysis and BI toolsProcess optimizationQuality standards (AS9100)Safety and compliance
Nice to have:Layout planning and CADMRP/WMS/MES systems

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Discounts and perks
  • Up to 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Sick leave per company policy (accrual-based)
  • Stock-based long-term incentives and/or bonuses (potential)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (discounted stock)
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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